Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-04
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

1t is reported that one day last wee
the wind blew seventy miles an hou
in the straits
A carload of old horseshoes wer
forwarded to San Francisco last wee
by blacksmiths of Walla Walla. On
shop shipped nearly 5000 pounds.
Among the abandoned military res
ervations ordered by the Interior De
partment to be plated and sold, is tina
of Fort Steilacoom, in Pierce county.
The proposed new Office building
to be constructed some time in the flu
ture at Tacoma by the railroad ant
land companies, will cost about $50,
600.
The Chehalis Tidette understand
that c. F. Leavenworth, manager oi
the Cosmopolis mill, is prepared tc
guarantee a bonus of $500 to any
company who will put in a telegraph
line from Olympia to Hoquiam.
OF the eleven Presidential Post
offices in the Territory, Sprague is the
only one that has no allowance fol
clerk hire. The receipts for the pas
year amounted to $2,3S4. Cheney
paid the least revenue of any of the
eleven.
Rev. C. C. Otis is expected to return
soon from the Atlantic States, where
he has been for some time soliciting
funds for the Coupeville academy
Besides securing $4,000 for the acad.
emy, he has secured 500 books for the
library.
Seattle Voice: On the upper White
river the past year John Stone grazed
on his farm, 600 head of cattle and zoo
head of sheep. There was no feeding
done to the stock, they finding their
food from their natural growth OF
grass the year round.
The Indian school at the Simcoe
agency of the Yakima reservation
contains 125 pupils. The Yakima In
dian are making rapid strides toward
civilization, many of them are good
people, successful farmers, and emulate
white people in dress and modes Of
living.
While digging we'll near Hardison,
Klickitat county, last week, a man
named Leslie Paine Was killed by a
rock, which fell from the side of the
well, about 20 feet above the bottom
and struck him on the head. De-
ceased was about 20 years of age and
came from Iowa.
Chehalis Vidette: During the past
year Joseph Woods, who resides q
miles up the Wynoochie, has, from
seven cows, made l ,515 pounds of but
ter. He began churning about the
middle of February, and closed the
season November 10th. The butter
was sold for 25 cents per pound.
Tacoma Ledger: Hundreds of ant
lers of elk are shipped to England
from the Gray's Harbor country every
year. There are at least thousand of
these animals killed every year in
Washington Territory and Oregon,
the headdress Of hundreds of which
grace the ancestral halls of England
rs ornaments.
Mr.. James Fraser, of Chicago, is at
Seattle investigating the lumber stu
alton with a view to shipping Puget
Sound lumber to southeastern points
in Kansas and Missouri. If he can
get lumber at advantageous rates, and
freight at all reasonable, he will 90
quite extensively into the lumber ship
| ping business.
st. Paul Pioneer Press of January
11th said: There will arrive in St. Paul
to-day a party of twenty-five i'm
migrants. They are from Illinois and
are ticketed to Washington Territory
They will settle in the vicinity of Ritz
| vile, on the line of the Northern Pa
cific, and are the first of a very large
immigration expected during the com.
ing season.
Capt. w. r. Ballard, of the steamer
Zephyr, in speaking of the long con
tinuation of our blustery weather
said: have just been looking ovel
my log for several years past, and
find that this has been the windies
season We have had since 1881, whel
flom December LIST to February LIST
we had thity-four southwest gales ant
three northwest gales"
The Northern Pacific railroad com
pany have lately made an advance il
the wages of train men on the Pacifi,
division-a raise of about 10 per cent
Passenger conductors receive $40 pc
month; passenger brakemen, $66
baggagemen, $65; freight conductors
500; freight brakemen, $50; Kalam,
yardmaster, $S5; yard brakemen, 81 2
per day for twelve hours.
| 1t is understood that the Postal Tel
egraph company will proceed shortl
to cut away all timber within reach o
their wires, along the entire coast line
This implies the employment of a larg
force OF men, and the expenditure c
Il considerable sum of money. 1t
conceded that in the long run this wi
be economy, as trees are CONSTANT
being fell across the company's line